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BRACELET. APPLICATION FlLED FEB. 9. I918.

L28%,93 v Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

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CLIFFORD G. KING, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BRACELET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Original application filed. December 26, 1916, Serial No. 138,867. Divided and this application filed February To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLIFFORD G. KING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bracelets, for example watch bracelets, of the expansible type and its object is to provide an article of this character which shall have firm and compact joints with a minimum of play or lost motion between the articulated members and at the same time be amply expansive and flexibly hinged with the smallest Possible interruption to the smoothness and continuity of the exterior surfaces of said members as well as generally to improve and simplify the construction thereof in the manner hereinafter set forth.

The present application which is a division of my application Serial No. 138,867 filed December 26, 1916 shows one specific embodiment of my invention.

In the drawings which accompany and form a part of this application Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved bracelet showing the parts in their normal position. Fig. 2 is an elevation of said bracelet showing the parts in normal position. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the parts in extended position. Fig. 4 is a horizontal longitudinal section. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the outer shell of the bracelet. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the inner tube thereof. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the member employed to connect said tube and shell.

In the particular drawings which I have selected for disclosing the principle of the present invention I represents an outer shell open at both ends and provided with ears or convex hinge members 1 adapted to cooperate with the hinge members 2 of the tube 2, and in the present instance the two pairs of hinge members are connected by means of the pintle 3. The convex end portions of each shell is arranged to take into the concaved end 1" of the next adjacent shell. Means are employed for yieldingly connecting each outer shell with its inclosed inner tube, and in the present instance I employ a Serial No. 216,250.

connecting member 4 which as shown in Fig. 8 is a yoke having its forward ends provided with vertical recesses 4, said recess preferably being tapered downwardly so that the member may be sprung over the pintle 3, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. One end of the tube is provided with an upstanding lip 5 between which and the rearward end of the connecting member is interposed a spring 6. It will thus be seen that each shell is hingedly connected with a tube by means of a pintle and is yieldingly connected ith the tube inclosed thereby and the shell to the right thereof. By means of this construction a firm and compact joint between a shell and its cooperating tube is provided, said joint being concealed by the shell, and there is practically no play or lost motion between the articulated parts.

It will be understood of course that when my invention is applied to the watch bracelet several links will be removed and a watch attached to the end links in the usual manner. As shown in Fig. 5 I prefer to make the lower surface of the shell members convex.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the details above described without departing from the principle of my invention, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims.

1. A bracelet, comprising in combination a series of tubes, a series of shells each embracing a tube, each tube and shell having end hinge members, a pintle connecting said members, and a yielding connection between each shell and the tube embraced thereby.

2. A bracelet, comprising in combination a series of tubes, a series of shells each embracing a tube, each tube and shell having end hinge members, a pintle connecting said members, a connecting member inclosed within each tube and attached to a pintle, and a spring between each connecting member and its inclosing tube.

3. A bracelet, comprising in combination a series of tubes, a series of shells each inclosing a tube, each shell having oppositely disposed convex hinge members at one end arranged to take into the concaved end portions of thenext adjacent shell and each tube having hinge members at one end, a pintle connecting each pair of hinge members, and a yielding connection between each shell and the tube embraced thereby.

&. A bracelet, comprising in combination a series of tubes, a series of shells each embracing a tube, each tube and shell having end hinge members, a pintle connecting said members, connecting members each having one end attached to a pintle, and resilient means interposed between each tube and the other end 01": a connecting member.

5. A bracelet, comprising in combination a series of tubes, aseries of shells each embracing a tube, each tube and shell having end hingemembers, a pintle connecting said members, connecting members each having one end provided with a tapering recess arranged to receive a pintle, and resilient means interposed between each tube and the other end of a connecting member.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 26th day of January, 1918.

CLIFFORD G. KING.

l/Vitnesses MARGERY R. MGCORMAGK, MABEL E. HAsWELL.

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